Seemingly on the back of Cummings' leaks, the press have been highlighting that the government did indeed have a herd immunity policy, which it is now denying the existence of.
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Robert Peston
Downing Street has just said yet again that "'Herd Immunity'" was never the policy". Back in early March 2020, a senior minister and senior scientific advisers used that precise term with me to describe the policy. Which is why I wrote this [see post below 12/03/20] within minutes of a high level briefing. Which is why I find this denial bizarre, to put it mildly.
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https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1396794521946570752
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British government wants UK to acquire coronavirus 'herd immunity', writes Robert Peston Thursday 12 March 2020, 8:57am
The strategy of the British government in minimising the impact of Covid-19 is to allow the virus to pass through the entire population so that we acquire herd immunity, but at a much delayed speed so that those who suffer the most acute symptoms are able to receive the medical support they need, and such that the health service is not overwhelmed and crushed by the sheer number of cases it has to treat at any one time.
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https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-12/...-robert-peston
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Another key person struggling with the Government's denial. This time the FT's chief leader writer.
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Henry Mance @henrymance
pretty strange situation
- Cummings says: herd immunity was the initial plan
- Twitter says: boring, everyone knew that
- Downing Street says: no, it was never the plan
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https://twitter.com/henrymance/statu...18043682779138